Essays about: "exposure to violence"

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1. 1. Gun violence and school achievement: Evidence from Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ellinor Stensson; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Gun violence; Educational outcomes; Sweden;

   Abstract : This paper examines how educational outcomes in grade six are affected by gun violence that occurs in proximity to primary schools in Sweden. With geo-referenced data on gun violence over the period between 2018 and 2022, the thesis geographically matches spatial data on 1,811 shootings with national test results in mathematics and background data on 2,304 Swedish primary schools. READ MORE

3. 2. From Policy to Practice : Addressing the Challenges of Women Refugees in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Johan Diez; [2023]
   Keywords : Peace and Conflict Studies; Refugee Policy; UNHCR; UN Women; Peace; and Security Agenda; Bidibidi Refugee Settlement; Yumbe District; Uganda Refugee Policy; Local Action Plan; National Action Plan; Ethnography; Applied Social Sciences; Case Study; Constructivism; Document Analysis; Thematic Analysis; Interviews; Women in Development; Women and Development; Gender and Development; Women in Forced Migration; Decentralization; Negative Peace; Positive Peace; Situational Peace; Cultural Violence; Structural Violence; Direct Violence; Positive Peacebuilding; Feminist Peace Theory;

   Abstract : This applied social sciences case study examines the efficiency of the ‘Yumbe Local Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security’ in addressing the perceived and experienced adversities of women refugees in the Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda. This is done by collecting data from the Bidibidi settlement through interviews and discussions with the refugee and host population, as well as with relevant organizations and governmental actors. READ MORE

4. 3. The association between husband/partner’slevel of education and lifetime physicaldomestic violence against women agedbetween 15-49 years in Pakistan: Evidencefrom Pakistan Demography and HealthSurvey 2017-18

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

   Author : Mahbuba Alam Brishty; [2023]
   Keywords : Pakistan; domestic violence; consequences of domestic violence; education level in Pakistan;

   Abstract : Background Each year almost 1 in 3 (27%) of women (15-49y) worldwide experience lifetime physical and/or sexual domestic violence by their husbands/partners; that is almost 736 million women worldwide. According to the PDHS 2017-18, the prevalence of DV is 24% in Pakistan. READ MORE

5. 4. An empirical study on violence against women and unemployment in Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Sofia Eklund; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This study examines what effect female and male unemployment rate has on the number of reported physical abuse cases against women in Sweden during the time period 2008 to 2021 by estimating a fixed effect regression on three different models, all with the female and male unemployment rate as the independent variable of interest. Three different theories that propose that the female and male unemployment rates have opposite effects are discussed. READ MORE

6. 5. The conceptions of the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic had on intimate partner violence in Greece. : A Systematic Literature Review

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

   Author : Paola Karina Martinez Pantoja; Sultana Aga; [2023]
   Keywords : intimate partner violence; IPV; COVID-19; gender-based violence; GBV; Greece;

   Abstract : Intimate partner violence was one of the major social issues during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. During the pandemic, the cases of intimate partner violence seemed to increase in terms of women coming forward to report the abuse but also in media exposure. READ MORE